Bangladesh Under-19s crushed West Indies Under-19s by 171 runs in Chittagong to clinch the three-match Youth ODI series with a game to spare. The home side continued their steady rise in the age-group level leading into the Under-19 World Cup which begins on January 27 in Chittagong. Batting first, Bangladesh piled up 299 for 5 in 50 overs. Opener Pinak Ghosh led the way with his second Youth ODI hundred. He struck nine fours in his 135-ball knock. Pinak shared a 179-run third-wicket stand with Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who made 79 off 98 balls with five fours and a six. Captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz struck an unbeaten 26-ball 54, with seven fours and a six, to lift his side in the death. In reply, West Indies were bowled out for 128 runs in 49.3 overs as Mehedi Hasan Rana and Saleh Ahmed Shawon claimed three wickets apiece. Keemo Paul top-scored for the visitors with 25, as just two West Indies batsmen crossed the 20-run mark. The third and final Youth ODI will be played at the same venue on January 16. The International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 trophy will reach Bangladesh for a two-day tour (January 14 and 15) on Thursday. The trophy will land in Dhaka where it will be unveiled by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan Papon in a formal photo session.
Thereafter the trophy will be on display for the general public at Basundhara City Mall. As part of the Nissan Trophy Tour, the trophy is supposed to visit 12 countries taking part in the tournament, which will be staged in India from March 11 to April 3 2016. “The Nissan ICC World Twenty20 2016 Trophy Tour has been designed to not only promote the tournament, but also to engage with our fans and provide them the first opportunity to get close to the trophy, which will be lifted by the winning captain on 3 April in Kolkata,” said ICC Chief Executive David Richardson when the trophy started its tour on December 13. “We are sure it will be a big success as it travels across the world ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in India next year,” added Richardson. Scotland was the trophy’s first port of call, before it traveled to Ireland, England and the Netherlands as part of its European leg. As a part of its African safari the trophy went to Harare, Zimbabwe (January 2 and 3) and then moved on to Capetown, South Africa (January 5 to 7). Its first stop in the subcontinent was in Pakistan and then it is coming to Bangladesh (January 14 and 15) and later will go to Sri Lanka (January 17 and 18).
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